OVERSEAS SPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20842, 8 April 1931, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL. BRITISH MATCH RESULTS. (Received April 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April G. The following are the results of to-day's Rugby Union football matches in the county championship: —Bath, 11, Old Merchant Tailors, .3; Birkenhead Park, Waterloo, 24; Bristol;.: 9, Blackheath, 3; Cardiff, 19, Harlequins, 10; Gloucester, 0, London Welsh 6; Manchester, 3, North of Ireland, 21; Neath, 20, Brighton, 3; Newport, 3, Pontvpool, 5; Penarth 8, Blackheath, 0; Plymouth Albion, 13, Leicester, 21; Liverpool, 10, Rosslyn Park, 13; Swansea, 3, Barbarians, 21.

BOXING AT TORONTO.

TOM lIEENEY DEFEATED. {Received April 7, 6.25 p.n\.) TORONTO. April G. In a ten-round boxing bout, at Toronto, Johnny Risko (Cleveland, Ohio) defeated Tom Heeney (New Zealand) .on points. BILLIARDS IN ENGLAND. LINDRUM AND NEWMAN. . f (Received April 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. April 6. In the billiards match Lindrum v. Newman (only breaks above certain limits to count) the scores are:—Newman, 6289; Lindrum, 5300. Lindrum has not troubled the marker for eight sessions. EMPIRE CHAMPIONSHIP. (Received April 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. April 6. The Billiards Control Council has selected L. Steeples (Sheffield), amateur champion, to represent England in the Empire championship to be played at Sydney.